Oxfam employs more than six thousand people in 90 countries who share a commitment to work together to end poverty and suffering. It is committed to ensure diversity and gender equality within the organization and welcomes applications from women, person with disability and under-represented groups. Oxfam does not discriminate against applicants or employees based on their HIV/AIDS status. The organization has been working in Bangladesh since the War of Independence and has established a permanent country office in 1972. Since then it has responded to all major emergencies in the country. Oxfam’s current program focuses on Economic Justice & Resilience, Gender and Women’s Leadership and Humanitarian Capacity Building and Response.

A simple, inescapable truth underlines everything we do at Oxfam. There’s enough wealth in this world to go around. It’s not unfortunate that people live in poverty. It’s unjustifiable. It’s not their problem. It’s ours too. And with the right support, we can stop poverty and suffering in their tracks. More than 8,000 people already commit their time and talents to our humanitarian and long-term development projects. Now we’re looking for yours.

Oxfam in Bangladesh is looking for applications for “Media Fellowship 2018 on Local Humanitarian Leadership”. We invites applications from journalists, with demonstrated interest in covering emergency, disaster and development issues in Bangladesh, to undertake field based research and write articles/stories on various facets of Local Humanitarian Leadership during any emergency in Bangladesh.

Background: The overall aim of the fellowship programme is to investigate and collect evidence-based stories on how local and national actors can and do play leading roles in emergency preparedness and responses so that vulnerable people in disaster prone areas benefit from better, faster humanitarian assistance. Oxfam is providing Two (2) fellowships, for field visits to the Coastal and Haor region of Bangladesh for research-based media stories. This is a part of Oxfam’s Empowering Local and National Humanitarian Actors (ELNHA)’ initiative which is being implemented in nine districts across Bangladesh: Dhaka; Satkhira; Barguna, Patuakhali; Kisoreganj and Sunamganj; Kurigram; Gaibandha and Sirajganj with support from six partner NGOs.

Objective:

The objective of this assignment is to sensitize and create a greater understanding of the issues around empowering local humanitarian leadership which will be used by Oxfam and its supporting partners as an effective influencing evidence to promote the agenda (local humanitarian leadership) both nationally and globally.

More detailed about this Call for Participation please check attached file (Click here)

The application should include the following documents:

• A copy of curriculum vitae (CV)
• Links to any existing publications
• A comprehensive fellowship proposal (in English) outlining: (a ) Region (district) on which the proposal is focused; (b) Subject/s and story ideas that the applicant proposes to focus on (1000 words maximum) and plan for publication of the stories;  (c) Tentative travel plans, budget and time;  (d) Three references along with recommendation/nomination letters from each of concerned individuals (Editor/news editor/chief news editor).

General Instruction :

• Do not send any JPEG/Image format and please keep your all files name short/brief.
• Please mention the assignment title “Application for Media Fellowship 2018 on Local Humanitarian Leadership” only in the subject line during application via below mentioned email submit following two separate pdf files -

  i) Financial proposal
  ii) Technical / Fellowship proposal should include Cover page, Table of content, understand of the assignment (pls. don’t copy & paste), experience in handling similar assignments, a work-plan, methodology, Certificate, TIN and VAT registration to hrbd@oxfam.org.uk

Proposal submission deadline: 02 September 2018

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